﻿KEPOKT 
  OF 
  THE 
  BOTANIST. 
  43 
  

  

  CoRTINARIUS 
  (DeRMOCYBE) 
  CASTANELLUS 
  U. 
  Sp. 
  

  

  Pileus 
  thin, 
  convex 
  or 
  expanded, 
  umbonate, 
  smooth, 
  shining, 
  dark- 
  

   chestnut 
  color, 
  the 
  umbo 
  almost 
  black 
  ; 
  lamellae 
  close, 
  rounded 
  

   behind, 
  cinnamon 
  ; 
  stem 
  silky, 
  equal, 
  stuffed 
  or 
  hollow, 
  pallid 
  or 
  

   whitish, 
  obscurely 
  violaceous 
  above; 
  spores 
  elliptical, 
  .00035' 
  long. 
  

  

  Plant 
  2' 
  high, 
  pileus 
  6"-12" 
  broad, 
  stem 
  l"-2" 
  thick. 
  

  

  Ground 
  in 
  open 
  fields. 
  West 
  Albany. 
  October. 
  

  

  The 
  smaller 
  size 
  of 
  the 
  plant, 
  the 
  umbonate 
  pileus 
  and 
  larger 
  

   spores 
  distinguish 
  this 
  from 
  G. 
  nigrellus, 
  which 
  it 
  somewhat 
  resembles 
  

   in 
  color. 
  

  

  GoMPHIDITJS 
  RHODOXANTHUS 
  ScIlW. 
  

  

  Ground 
  in 
  deciduous 
  woods. 
  Sandlake. 
  August. 
  

  

  The 
  pileus 
  is 
  not 
  always 
  red, 
  but 
  varies 
  sometimes 
  toward 
  yellow, 
  

   sometimes 
  toward 
  brown. 
  The 
  spores 
  are 
  oblong, 
  .0004-.0005' 
  in 
  

   length. 
  

  

  Hygrophorus 
  speoiosus 
  n. 
  sp. 
  

  

  Pileus 
  at 
  first 
  ovate 
  or 
  subcorneal, 
  then 
  expanded 
  with 
  the 
  thin 
  

   margin 
  decurved, 
  smooth, 
  glutinous, 
  often 
  with 
  a 
  small 
  umbo, 
  bright 
  

   red 
  or 
  scarlet, 
  becoming 
  yellowish 
  ; 
  lamellae 
  arcuate, 
  decurrent, 
  sub- 
  

   distant, 
  white, 
  the 
  interspaces 
  sometimes 
  veiny 
  ; 
  stem 
  long, 
  subequal, 
  

   solid, 
  white 
  or 
  yellowish, 
  sometimes 
  viscid 
  ; 
  spores 
  elliptical, 
  .0003'- 
  

   .00035' 
  long. 
  

  

  Plant 
  gregarious, 
  3'-5' 
  high, 
  pileus 
  l'-2' 
  broad, 
  stem 
  3"-5" 
  thick. 
  

  

  Ground 
  under 
  or 
  near 
  larch 
  trees. 
  Greig 
  and 
  Center. 
  September 
  

   and 
  October. 
  

  

  This 
  is 
  a 
  very 
  showy 
  plant. 
  The 
  small 
  umbo 
  or 
  disk 
  retains 
  the 
  

   red 
  color 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  rest 
  of 
  the 
  pileus. 
  (Plate 
  2, 
  figs. 
  1-5.) 
  

  

  LACTARIUS 
  SCROBICULATUS 
  Scop. 
  

  

  Ground 
  in 
  woods. 
  Bethlehem. 
  August. 
  

  

  Lactarius 
  vellereus 
  Ft. 
  

  

  Ground 
  in 
  woods. 
  Sandlake. 
  Oneida. 
  Wame. 
  August. 
  

  

  The 
  tomentum 
  of 
  the 
  pileus 
  and 
  pubescence 
  of 
  the 
  stem 
  are 
  fre- 
  

   quently 
  obsolete 
  or 
  indistinct. 
  

  

  Lactarius 
  subpurpureus 
  n. 
  sp. 
  

  

  Pileus 
  at 
  first 
  convex, 
  then 
  expanded 
  or 
  depressed, 
  smooth, 
  sub- 
  

   viscid, 
  variegated 
  with 
  purplish 
  and 
  cinereous 
  hues 
  ; 
  lamellae 
  dull-red 
  

   or 
  purplish 
  ; 
  stem 
  equal, 
  colored 
  like 
  the 
  pileus 
  ; 
  milk 
  sparse, 
  dark-* 
  

   red. 
  

  

  Plant 
  2-4/ 
  high, 
  pileus 
  2'-3' 
  broad, 
  stem 
  3"-5" 
  thick. 
  

  

  